Common Sense Media Review
By Erin Bell
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Build your own amusement park on Facebook with your friends.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Play
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CoasterVille
What's It About?
In COASTERVILLE, players manage and expand a theme park by building rides, concession stands, and other related structures. The star attractions of the park are its rollercoasters, which can be built and expanded in any direction to create different layouts. Socially, players can visit each other's parks, and help neighbors advance in the game by staffing their buildings and gifting special items.
Is It Any Good?
The ability to expand and customize rollercoasters is the big difference between CoasterVille and any of its other building sim cousins. Kids can also customize the color and appearance of the park, and complete special quests to unlock themed attractions, such as a fantasy castle. The game is well-polished and attractive to look at. However, unless players are willing to spend a steady stream of Park Cash (the game's premium currency), they will find it increasingly difficult to advance without significant investments of time or numbers of neighbors.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about online privacy and staying safe while online. How can kids change their Facebook settings to prevent strangers from seeing personal information?
Families can discuss their favorite theme park attractions. If you could design your own attraction, what would it be?
Game Details
- Platform : Facebook
- Subjects : Hobbies : building , Language & Reading : following directions
- Skills : Collaboration : cooperation , group projects , meeting challenges together , Self-Direction : achieving goals , Creativity : imagination
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- Available online? : Available online
- Publisher : Zynga
- Release date : December 5, 2012
- Genre : Simulation
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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